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Ratzlaff, Vernon Lloyd (1942-1958)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1958 Jun 26 p. 1
Birth date: 1942
text of obituary:
Three Young People Killed, Five Injured
GARDEN CITY, KAN. YOUTH AMONG VICTIMS OF HEAD-ON COLLISION
Dodge City, Kan. — A car carrying five young people of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite and one occupied by three other teen-age youths collided head-on west of here last Sunday afternoon, killing three of the youths and injuring the other five, several critically.
Killed were Vernon Lloyd Ratzlaff, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ratzlaff of Garden City who was with the Mennonite group, Oliver L. Davis, 15, and LaDonna Abrams,14, passengers in the other car.
Reported in critical condition in a hospital here were Alvina [sic Albina] Ratzlaff, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ratzlaff of Cimarron, and Richard W. Koehn, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ruben D. Koehn of Cimarron, Both were injured internally.
